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Mark Lim wrote: Can we stick to movies that DO SHOW in the cinemas. We all know there's a lot of movies going straight to video are no good anyway.

I would say you know it's going to be bad, from the trailers, who is starring in the film, what the premise(storyline) is, and of course the U.S. Box Office figures (this can help me decide if a new movie is worth getting on Dvd, especially if it comes out in R1 before Aus cinemas!)

Thanks for the link. I was fully aware that A Beautiful Mind has won a ton of awards but it doesn't change my opinion one iota. The Academy, in particular, have always had a liking for movies concerning people with mental illness. Even more so, if they happen to be 'true stories'.

Adrian wrote: Not all men are into women, not that there is anything wrong with that.

Well I'm into women. But rather with the Duff siblings, I'd rather it be Jessica Alba or Stacy Keibler. And I'm still a teen, so by my mid 20s, Alba's gonna be looking a like a dust mop and Stacy Keibler won't have the body of a diva no more. So I'll enjoy their hot bodies while it lasts.

SPECIES!!! How could I forget Species! That has one of the worst and most hysterical movie moments in the history of cinema! Forest Whitaker plays the PSYCHIC member of the team hunting the monster. A woman has been killed in a train compartment. Whitaker walks into the compartment where the woman's body is hanging, which is drenched in blood a viscera, and as he stands ankle deep in the woman's blood he ominously says, "I feel that something bad has happened here." Well, he wasn't wrong.

When the previews end and says from Director X and I have no idea who he is. I've seen more movies than most people and if I can't identify what Director X is done, I doubt the general public can either.

Besides, Mal beat us to the most obvious indicator that a movie is bad. Two Words.....Uwe Boll........How could Ben Kingsley sink that low?

Obvious, but has to be stated. When it says "Uwe Boll" or "Paul W.S. Anderson" as director or producer or writer.

Boll can't even make good trailers whilst Anderson's stuff is almost always mediocre; it's so aggravating to see the material go to waste. It should be law that anything by these two be automatically considered for a remake.

Can we stick to movies that DO SHOW in the cinemas. We all know there's a lot of movies going straight to video are no good anyway.

I would say you know it's going to be bad, from the trailers, who is starring in the film, what the premise(storyline) is, and of course the U.S. Box Office figures (this can help me decide if a new movie is worth getting on Dvd, especially if it comes out in R1 before Aus cinemas!)